Hi @barbiep I was just diagnosed with osteoporosis after 10 years without a dexa scan. I am slso on prednisone, just started in May, for Giant Cell Arteritis. I take Calcium Citrate with Magnesium, Vitamin K, Vitamin D, Boron and Silica. There are some supplements that combine all those elements, but I can't find the references right now. Prunes are also supposed to be good - 6 a day.. My doctor prescribed alendronate, which I am taking reluctantly. I also found Carol Michaels and Sara Meeks to be excellent resources for specific targeted exercises for osteoporosis. Just google their names and you'll find information. Sara Meeks has a spinal decompression exercise, in which you lie on a hard surface for 15 minutes, breathing, knees bent, relaxing. I find it gives me relief and do it every night.I also bought a whole body vibration exercise plate, which has programs to increase bone density, after reading a paper about studies of this (it can take a year to increase bone density).. Amazon has a large selection of these.I chose the Eilison Bolt and so far, I am happy with it, doing two 15 minute programs a day. If you chose Pilates or Yoga for exercise, be careful, as many of the exercises involve forward flexion of the spine, deep bending and twisting which can cause spinal and hip fractures. @csday warned about exercises that curve the spine. In all the years I took Pilates, with a number of different instructors, in classes with women who were older than I am (70), I never heard an instructor warn anyone with osteoporosis not to do certain exercises. Well, I hope this helps and I wish you the best.

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